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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks seem to be thinking that heavenly manna is being dished out in the AAP classes. That ain't so. Believe me, the upper limit to what's being offered isn't that much higher than in GE.[/quote]

But the classes move much faster, especially in elementary school.

The difference is in how quickly/easily the kids as a group are able to move through the curriculum.[/quote]

Can we get back to how to fix the system rather than debating how hard or easy the AAP curriculum is? Maybe that debate could have its own thread.[/quote]

It's hard to leave this out of the discussion when some are proposing that AAP should be offered to everyone, or mostly everyone.  [b]I don't think most people really have a sense of what percentage of students could move at the AAP pace or not. [/b] Several posters have suggested that AAP be the norm and then have a small slice at the top and a small slice at the bottom.  That doesn't really seem like it would be great for the 2 'extremes' on either side. [/quote]

Regarding the bolded, that goes for you too.  No one actually knows who could move at the AAP pace.  Why?  Because these kids haven't been given the opportunity to show what they're capable of.  I think many of you would be very, very surprised to see just who can do AAP work.  As has been said before - it's not much different from Gen Ed work.  [/quote]

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